Eddie Sansbury

Edward (Eddie) Sansbury (born 26 November 1983) is an Australian rules football player who formerly played as a midfielder for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.

A junior footballer at Arthurton and Stansbury on the Yorke Peninsula,

Sansbury played mostly as a midfielder or forward during his career. In round 22 of the 2007 AFL season, Sansbury kicked five goals in the Kangaroos' 64-point win over the . He had his best season in Kangaroo colours to date.

In 2008, Sansbury was limited to just one appearance with North Melbourne and was delisted. He was a member of the 2008 VFL premiership team with that club being the Kangaroos' reserves affiliate at the time. He would later play in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) with the Aspley Football Club from 2013 through 2016, also playing in the Northern Territory Football League with Wanderers and Palmerston. He was a member of Wanderers' 2014–15 premiership team, also winning the 2014 NEAFL premiership with Aspley, kicking a goal in the Grand Final against the Sydney Swans.

In 2016, Sansbury was appointed as an indigenous liaison officer at the after working at AFL Queensland. He would later line up for the club's reserves team in the NEAFL for three matches during the 2018 season. Sansbury left his role at the club during the 2018 AFL season.

Sansbury is the cousin of former player Michael O'Loughlin and Kangaroos teammate Daniel Wells.

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